Veteran cable sports executive Tim Griggs has left his position as general manager and senior vice-president of Root Sports in Denver.

Griggs, whose final day was Friday, could not be reached for comment.

In his position Griggs had been responsible for a variety of cable sports programming in a nine-state area which included the Colorado Rockies, the Utah Jazz, University of Denver sports programming and Big 12 competition.

Root Sports in Denver is owned by DirectTV, which includes operations in Seattle and Pittsburgh. Corporate officials in Seattle did not respond to questions Monday regarding Griggs’ departure.

Griggs, on the local cable sports scene for more than 20 years, previously served as general manager of Prime Sports, which premiered in November, 1988.

The company became Fox Sports Net in November, 1996. New owners DirecTV changed the operation to Root Sports on April 1, 2011.

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